Bangladesh: Interim government inducts three new advisers
Nov 11, 2024, at 03:58 pm
The Bangladeshi interim government has inducted three new advisers including film director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.
Bangladesh govt seeks Interpol's assistance to repatriate Sheikh Hasina
Nov 10, 2024, at 11:50 pm
The Bangladesh government is trying to seek Interpol's red notice to bring back those involved in the mass killings during July and August, including former PM Sheikh Hasina.
Pakistan: Several countries condemn Quetta railway station blast
Nov 10, 2024, at 10:33 pm
Several countries, including the USA and the UK, condemned Saturday's suicide blast at a railway station in Pakistan's Quetta region which left at least 26 people dead.
Nov 10, 2024, at 10:06 pm
Bangladeshi Police have detained 10 men from Dhaka for their alleged involvement in making viral an audio clip of former PM Sheikh Hasina with US President-elect Donald Trump's posters.
Bangladeshi Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam demands ban on ISKCON, Taslima Nasreen protests
Nov 09, 2024, at 11:46 pm
Chittagong-based Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam is demanding a ban on Hindu outfit International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON, escalating tension in the country where attacks on the minority group have increased ever since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government collapsed on August 5.
Taiwan detects 12 Chinese military aircraft, 5 vessels around its region
Nov 09, 2024, at 11:19 pm
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Saturday said it detected the presence of 12 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, five People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels and one official ship around its territory.
Pakistan: Suicide blast in Quetta Railway Station leaves 25 dead, BLA claims responsibility
Nov 09, 2024, at 09:52 pm
At least 25 people died and 50 others were hurt in a suicide bombing at Quetta Railway Station in Pakistan on Saturday.
Nov 09, 2024, at 08:36 pm
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated US President Donald Trump on his election but triggered a row since X issued a community note against the post.
AQI in Pakistan's Multan crosses 2,135; schools in Punjab province remain shut
Nov 09, 2024, at 08:02 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province is facing unprecedented pollution levels, with several cities experiencing dangerously high air quality readings.
Pakistan: 24 killed, over 30 injured in blast at Quetta railway station in Balochistan
Nov 09, 2024, at 06:25 pm
Quetta/IBNS: At least 24 people were killed and over 30 injured in a blast which took place at Quetta Railway Station in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: 20 killed, over 30 injured in blast at Quetta Railway Station
Nov 09, 2024, at 05:35 pm
Quetta/IBNS: At least 20 people were killed and over 30 injured in a blast which took place at Quetta Railway Station in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistani province bans people from entering museums, parks, amid deteriorating air quality
Nov 09, 2024, at 12:20 am
The Punjab government in Pakistan on Friday banned people from entering public parks, zoos, playgrounds and even museums amid rapidly deteriorating state of air quality in the province.
Pakistan: Police register case against security guard for attacking Chinese nationals in Karachi
Nov 09, 2024, at 12:00 am
Pakistani police have registered a case against a security guard who shot and injured two Chinese nationals in Karachi’s Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) Area.
Pakistan: Two shot dead by unknown gunmen in Noshki
Nov 08, 2024, at 11:18 pm
At least two people, including a nephew of BNP-Mengal’s central leader, died after armed men shot them in Pakistan's Noshki area on Wednesday.
Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar, shows UN report
Nov 08, 2024, at 09:17 pm
Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the military’s 2021 overthrow of the democratically elected government.
Pakistan: Teachers decide to shut down 22,000 primary schools to press for their demands
Nov 07, 2024, at 12:06 am
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa All-Primary Teachers Association (APTA) has announced 22,000 boys and girls primary schools across the Pakistani province will remain shut from Wednesday until further notice.
Pakistan: Two Chinese nationals hurt in shooting incident in Karachi
Nov 05, 2024, at 11:37 pm
At least two Chinese nationals were injured after a security guard shot at them in Pakistan's Karachi city.
Pakistan State Oil grapples with PKR 800 billion receivables, threatening national energy stability
Nov 05, 2024, at 03:04 pm
Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the nation’s largest oil marketing company, is currently ensnared in a severe financial predicament, with its total receivables soaring to an unprecedented PKR 800 billion.
Pakistan: Quetta witnesses protests demanding recovery of missing Balochistan University students
Nov 04, 2024, at 02:04 am
Baloch Students Action Committee members demonstrated in Pakistan's Balochistan region over the forced disappearance of two students from Balochistan University.
Nov 04, 2024, at 01:11 am
A Pakistan-based company has apologised for mistakenly posting an advertisement for a non-existent Halloween parade in Dublin which drew a large number of people in the city centre of the Irish city.
Pakistani mosque cleric arrested for raping 13-year-old girl
Nov 04, 2024, at 12:45 am
Pakistani mosque cleric was arrested for allegedly raping a minor madrassa student, media reports said.
Pakistan: Minor girl lured to brothel, repeatedly gang-raped
Nov 03, 2024, at 12:10 am
Pakistani police have booked six people, including two women, over the abduction and gang-rape of a minor girl at a brothel in Chiniot city, media reports said.
Jatiya Party leader alleges Awami League blackmailed his party to join general elections
Nov 02, 2024, at 11:37 pm
Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader alleged that ousted former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's Awami League had blackmailed to force his party to join the general elections.
Bangladeshi Hindus demonstrate against sedition case filed against community leaders
Nov 02, 2024, at 03:27 pm
A large number of Hindu community members, who demonstrated in Bangladesh's Chittagong city on Friday, claimed law enforcers created obstacles to prevent them from joining the rally.
Pakistani female teachers of Bara college await salary for 10 months
Nov 01, 2024, at 11:58 pm
Nine female teachers of the newly established Government Girls Degree College in Bara region of Pakistan have been awaiting salaries for the past ten months.
Pakistan: Blast close to school leaves seven people, including minors, dead
Nov 01, 2024, at 08:18 pm
At least seven people, including five minors, died after a blast occurred close to a Girls High School at the Civil Hospital Chowk in Mastung region of Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.
UN rights chief Volker Türk urges Bangladesh to sustain ‘unprecedented’ momentum for change
Nov 01, 2024, at 12:40 am
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday emphasized the importance of sustaining the momentum for change sparked by recent student protests in Bangladesh and subsequent resignation of the former Prime Minister, speaking at the end of a two-day visit to the country.
Pakistan: Balochistan government shuts down over 65 'habitual absentee school teachers' from service
Oct 31, 2024, at 12:24 am
The Balochistan government in Pakistan has removed 65 ‘habitual absentee school teachers’ from service, media reports said.
Pakistan: Woman, man gunned down in the name of honour in Nasirabad
Oct 31, 2024, at 12:11 am
A man gunned down a woman and another person in the name of honour in Pakistan's Nasirabad district on Monday.
Pakistan: Balochistan's public hospitals facing severe medicine shortage amid Congo virus outbreak
Oct 31, 2024, at 12:01 am
Healthcare system in Pakistan's Quetta is struggling with medical shortages reported from two major public hospitals in the city.